Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

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Beihu Department Store, children's clothing section.

Sonoko held a sweater in her hand and asked Xiaolan and Watanabe Toru: "What do you think of this sweater?"

"Not bad." Xiaolan took a look and asked, "What do you think, Xiaoche?"

"Yeah." Watanabe Toru nodded.

"Then I want this one too."

"Sister Xiaolan, Sister Sonoko, I think it's almost time." Watanabe Toru scratched his head and said, "I bought so many clothes that I can't change them all."

Although they said they were shopping in the mall, Sonoko and Xiaolan didn't buy too many things for themselves. Instead, they paid special attention to themselves and bought anything they liked, such as cotton coats and sweaters.

"That's just a few clothes." Yuanzi displayed her ladylike demeanor to the fullest: "There are still pants, shoes, hats, and scarves that I haven't bought yet..."

"But……"

Watanabe Toru wanted to say that he was tired of shopping.

Sonoko rubbed his head and said, "Didn't we agree before we came here that I would pay for all of Xiaoche's winter clothes. This is a reward for Xiaoche discovering the crisis in time yesterday."

"Okay." Watanabe Toru sighed softly, but decided not to spoil the fun of the two girls.

It was not until lunchtime that they came out of the department store.

Yuanzi was clutching several shopping bags, a look of immense satisfaction on her face. "I'm so lucky! There's a 'Millennium Sale' going on today! If you spend 10,000 yuan, you can pick out an item you like..."

"Yes, although they are gifts, these necklaces, bracelets and rings are so beautiful." Xiaolan agreed: "I really came at the right time today."

The two women were in high spirits, but Maori Kogoro, who was following behind them, looked listless and muttered, "I can't stand it. Why do women take so long to buy things?"

When he turned around, he saw a fashionable woman coming out of a roadside telephone booth. His eyes suddenly lit up and he became energetic.

"Huh?" Watanabe Toru also noticed it, looked towards the phone booth, and said, "There's a pen dropped inside. Could it be that sister's?"

"This is incredible." Maori Kogoro seemed to have seized an opportunity to show off, and chased after her with a silly look on his face: "Miss, please stay. You dropped 2.9 for something."

Just as Mouri Kogoro's hand was on the other person's shoulder, the woman suddenly grabbed Mouri Kogoro's wrist and threw him over her shoulder, pinning him down.

"action!"

Behind a pile of garbage bags, Inspector Megure rushed out aggressively.

Immediately, Officer Takagi ran out of the alley, and two policemen quickly got out of the two cars on the side of the road and took Kogoro Mouri into custody.

Maori Kogoro struggled awkwardly, shouting, "Please, please, don't be impulsive."

Xiaolan and Sonoko, who were walking in front, heard the noise behind them. They turned around and their faces changed drastically. They ran back.

"dad."

"Uncle."

276. The Tragedy of a Hot Girl

Five minutes later, at a street cafe.

Maori Kogoro held his face with his cigarette between his lips, a speechless expression on his face. "So you're trying to lure in the suspect in the serial assaults on women."

Inspector Megure smiled apologetically and said, "Yes, that's why we asked Inspector Sato to dress like that."

"But the criminal's height you announced is around 150cm." Maori Kogoro said with a depressed look: "Just by looking at my height, you should know that I am not the criminal."

Officer Takagi said awkwardly, "Because Mr. Maori, your attitude when you approached Officer Sato was really..."

"I really don't see any good intentions." Inspector Megure took over with a dry laugh.

Even Sato Miwako, who was sitting next to her, agreed: "I think it's quite dangerous, so..."

Mouri Kogoro: "...".

"But it's really a headache." Inspector Megure frowned.

"Yes." Officer Takagi sighed softly. "The only thing the three women attacked had in common was that they were wearing outrageous clothes."

"Also, the crime scenes were very messy..." added Miwako Sato.

"Hmm..." Officer Megure thought for a moment, then turned to Officer Takagi and said, "Bring out the photos of the three victims and take a look at them."

"Okay." Officer Takagi pulled three photos from his pocket and placed them on the table. He introduced them, "The first person attacked was Ms. Mizutani Ryoko. Two weeks ago, one night, she was waiting for the red light at an intersection when someone suddenly hit her from behind. As she got out of the car to complain, she was beaten with a metal rod."

"The next person to be attacked was Ms. Endo Hitomi," Officer Takagi continued. "She was also attacked with a metal rod as she left the restroom in the park ten nights ago."

"The last person is Ms. Ishiguro Michiko, who was attacked last night. She was beaten by the gangster as she was about to leave the phone booth."

Maori Kogoro looked down at the photo, then looked up and asked Inspector Megure: "Could the telephone booth that Inspector Takagi mentioned be..."

Inspector Megure nodded. "That's the phone booth where we just subdued you. Fortunately, none of the three girls were seriously injured. But aside from their unique attire, they have nothing else in common. They don't recall ever offending anyone."

Maori Kogoro picked up the three photos and looked at them. After a moment, he stroked his chin and analyzed, "If I were to say what they have in common... roughly speaking, all three of them are mixed-race, and all come from single-parent families."

"Huh?" Inspector Megure was speechless, and everyone else was silent.

"That's right." Maori Kogoro laughed dryly, "No matter how I look at it, I don't think they are pure Wano people..."

Yuanzi was speechless and said, "Uncle, this is the 101 hot girl makeup that's popular recently. It's a kind of makeup that darkens the skin. You don't know it, do you?"

There were too many embarrassing things for Maori Kogoro today. He tried hard to maintain his shattered dignity and said stubbornly, "How could I not know? 101 Hot Girls, of course I know about such trivial matters."

Officer Gao Mu was at a loss: "Then again, the criminals will attack girls dressed like this as soon as they see them, so it will be very difficult to find them."

"Yes." Sato Miwako sighed, "There has never been a case like this before."

"No, you're wrong." Maori Kogoro pinched his chin and recalled: "I remember it happened once. At that time, high school girls were repeatedly hit by cars and fled. It makes people disgusted just thinking about it. That case seems to have happened before I became a detective..."

"Okay." Inspector Megure suddenly stood up and interrupted Maori Kogoro, his face serious: "I think we should go back and investigate."

Officer Gao Mu was stunned for a moment, then quickly responded, "Yes."

Officer Sato also said: "In this case, I will immediately disguise myself."

"No, no need to pretend anymore." Inspector Megure pressed down his hat and said, "You two, go investigate whether the three victims have anything in common."

"Yes."

"Um..." Watanabe Toru, who had been drinking juice silently on the side, suddenly said, "Didn't you notice that the necklace, bracelet, and ring on Sonoko are the same as those on the three sisters in the photo?"

He had already remembered this case. It should be the incident where Yuanzi was attacked. The murderer was the security guard of the department store, not the "1.5-meter-tall criminal".

"what?"

Watanabe Toru's words stopped Officer Megure and the others who were about to leave. Officer Megure quickly walked to Sonoko's side, grabbed her arm, and then asked Officer Takagi, "Takagi, how are you?"

Officer Takagi took out the photos and compared them, then nodded and said, "All three of them do have the same accessories as Sonoko."

This news startled Inspector Megure. He anxiously asked Sonoko, "Sonoko, where did you buy these things?"

Sonoko explained, "This is a gift from the department store."

Sato Miwako speculated: "So, the three of them..."

"They are all customers of that department store." Inspector Megure took over.

As soon as he finished speaking, his cell phone rang.

Officer Megure answered the phone. His expression quickly turned grim. He exclaimed, "What? There's a girl lying in the parking lot with blood all over her head?"

……

In the parking lot, a woman wearing the same 101 hot girl makeup was sitting against the wall. The blood flowing from her head and cheeks had dried up, and she was no longer breathing.

"The victim's name is Aizawa Tae, she's 20 years old and used to work as a clerk in this department store," Officer Takagi explained. "She was fired a year ago and hasn't found a job yet..."

"Our police haven't released the victim's description, and this is the department store's underground parking lot," Sato Miwako said. "It's likely the same culprit as in the previous three cases."

"He killed someone for the fourth time." Inspector Megure looked at the corpse in front of him with a very serious expression.

"Da Hui!"

In the back, a man stopped by the police cried out in tears, trying to force his way inside: "Duohui!"

Inspector Megure turned his head and looked at him, then asked, "Who is he?"

Officer Takagi whispered, "It's the deceased's boyfriend. They reportedly just met inside a department store. Coincidentally, his father owns the department store, which is why he initially introduced the deceased to work at the restaurant where he's a chef."

277. The Secret Under the Hat

The police investigation is ongoing.

The emotional man's name is Shirakawa Noriyuki.

His father is the owner of this department store, named Shirakawa Haruyoshi, and he is somewhat dissatisfied with the deceased. He seems to disapprove of his son's relationship with the deceased Aizawa Tae.

In addition, there is a woman who has always been comforting Shirakawa Nori, named Konno Yuri, who is Shirakawa Nori's college classmate. Shirakawa Nori has been distressed because his father opposes his relationship with his girlfriend, and he often seeks out Konno Yuri to discuss this matter.

But it can be seen that Konno Yuri's attitude towards Shirakawa Noriyuki is not like that of an ordinary friend.

In addition to the three people, there was also a guard named Dingjin Fangxiong. He happened to go to the bathroom when the incident happened, so he didn't notice anything.

"Jizhi, it's a good opportunity for you to find another woman to date." Shirakawa Haruyoshi stopped in front of Shirakawa Noriyuki and said, "Now you have to find me a good girl with no bad record."

"Dad." Seeing his father leave without looking back after saying this, Shirakawa Noriyuki lowered his head and wiped his tears.

Konno Yuri was still beside him, comforting him: "Jizhi..."

"Excuse me..." Maori Kogoro asked, "What's this bad record your father mentioned?"

"Well... I think the president is talking about the car accident that Ms. Lan Ze caused in this parking lot a year ago." Konno Yuri explained: "She hit a little boy with her car, and that's why she was fired."

"I heard about this from Yumi in the traffic class," Sato Miwako recalled. "The little boy was waiting in this parking lot for his mother to come back from shopping, but a car suddenly drove out from the darkness and hit him. Because it was in the parking lot, the car was not going very fast, but the little boy still died from injuries to his vital organs. I think the boy's name was Sakurai Akira..."

"I see." Maori Kogoro suddenly realized and turned to Shirakawa Noriyuki, "Mr. Shirakawa, may I ask, how tall is your father?"

Shirakawa Noriyuki thought for a moment and said, "I think it's about 150 centimeters..."

"What about you?" asked Kogoro Mouri again.

"173 centimeters." Shirakawa Noriyuki said.

"I'm 144 cm tall." said Konno Yuri.

Guard Ding Jin Fangxiong also volunteered, "In my case, it's 167 centimeters."

"Inspector Megure, it seems that the president is very suspicious." Kogoro Mouri whispered in Inspector Megure's ear.

Inspector Megure nodded. "If it was him, he might have known in advance that the victim would come here."

He took two steps forward and asked Shirakawa Noriyuki, "Then, let me ask you another question. Did your father also go to the restaurant where you and the victim agreed to meet today?"

Shirakawa Noriyuki shook his head: "No, my father hasn't come yet at the agreed time, so I asked Duohui to go to the parking lot to see if my father has arrived."

"I see."

Shirakawa Noriyuki sensed something was wrong in Officer Megure's tone and frowned, "Are you suspecting my father?"

"Ah, no, no, no." Inspector Megure quickly waved his hand and explained, "It's just that the woman who was attacked earlier said the assailant was around 150 centimeters tall. We're asking for the sake of caution."

"The woman who was attacked before?" Shirakawa was stunned. "Are you talking about the criminal who repeatedly attacked women?"

"Yes."

"Then what the hell are you doing?" Shirakawa Noriyuki suddenly became agitated and roared at Inspector Megure, "Since you already know his height, why haven't you caught him yet? If you had caught that criminal, Duohui wouldn't have suffered such a tragedy. Duohui's death is all caused by you police officers. You police officers are useless!"

Inspector Megure was stunned for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking about. He squatted down with a painful look on his face, holding the hat on his head.

"Officer Megure?"

"Officer, are you okay?"

Officer Takagi and Miwako Sato looked worried.

"I'm fine." Inspector Megure stood up with a somewhat grim expression.

"Mr. Police, I'm so sorry." Konno Yuri apologized on behalf of Shirakawa Noriyuki: "Noriyuki was panicked, so..."

"It's okay, I don't take it to heart." Inspector Megure shook his head magnanimously. "And what he said is true. It is indeed our police's lack of ability that has allowed the criminals to remain at large."

"Hahaha……"

Just then, a hearty laugh was heard, and Matsumoto Kiyonaga, who had a scar on his face, came over: "I'm so sorry to bother you, Detective, every time."

Maori Kogoro turned around, startled, and quickly greeted respectfully: "Hello, Inspector Matsumoto, you are here too."